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Buy Two Video Games, Get One Free At Amazon Today
Want to buy three (or more) video games today on the cheap? Hit up Amazon.com’s “Buy Two Games, Get a Third Free” sale. Great games featured in that offer include Killzone 3, Epic Mickey, Bulletstorm, Gran Turismo 5 and Donkey Kong Country Returns, plus more great and not-so-great games.
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
If You Buy One PC Upgrade This Year…
…Make it an SSD. I am not making spurious claims or waving my silly little e-willy around here. It’s the single most immediately noticeable system upgrade I think I’ve ever done, and as such I’m keen it isn’t stranded in a techhead and rich-gonk ghetto. This is an upgrade for any PC gamer, not purely…
Alec Meer | Rock, Paper, Shotgun Published April 5, 2011 -
This Great Inversion Trailer Has No Gameplay But Still Succeeds
Remember Inversion? If not, it’s the gravity flipping shooter that Namco Bandai first announced way back in 2009. We last saw the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game in action at last year’s Gamescom. Now we have a new look at Saber Interactive’s third-person shooter… sort of. This mood-setting, gameplay-free teaser for Inversion, now slated…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
Live Virtual Life To The Fullest With The Sims 3 Generations
EA Play adds life to The Sims 3 this spring with the Generations Expansion pack, letting players explore the stages of virtual life on a much deeper level than ever before. With the Generations Expansion, childhood and the teenage years become much more than stepping stones toward adulthood in The Sims 3. Children will be…
By Mike Fahey Published April 5, 2011 -
PopCap’s New Studio Creates One Very Unpleasant Horse
PopCap Games, the creators of small-ish casual games such as Bejeweled and Plants Vs. Zombies, has created a new studio to make games even smaller than those. Unpleasant Horse is one of those games. 4th & Battery is PopCap’s new small games studio, named for the Seattle, Washington intersection where the PopCap headquarters is located.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 5, 2011 -
How Powerful Does Your PC Need To Be To Make The Witcher 2 Look This Good?
With only six weeks to go before The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings explodes on the PC gaming scene, CD Projekt Red releases the system requirements for the epic role-playing game, along with some screenshots to show off what you’ll be missing if you don’t meet those requirements. The Witcher was one of the best…
By Mike Fahey Published April 5, 2011 -
Buy Dragon Age II, Get Mass Effect 2 Free
BioWare celebrates the success of Dragon Age II by giving fans that purchase and register a copy of the game online before April 30 a free copy of the PC version of Mass Effect 2. How does the offer work? It’s simple! If you’ve already activated the Online Pass that came in your copy of…
By Mike Fahey Published April 5, 2011 -
World Exclusive First Look Under the Hood of the Next Unreal Engine
You’ve seen the sexed up trailer showing what games based on Epic’s Unreal Engine will look like in the coming generation. Now join Kotaku and Gizmodo for the world’s first peek at the tools and technology that will be used to create some of the biggest games on every platform from PC to iOS in…
By Joel Johnson Published April 5, 2011 -
Aperture Science Introduces The Portal 2 Turret, Consumer Edition
When you’ve got a product that works as well as Portal’s Turrets, you can’t limit them to purely military use. Aperture Science boss Cave Johnson proudly presents the Turret consumer edition, now available in countless designer colors.
By Mike Fahey Published April 5, 2011 -
The Past, Present, And Future Of Resident Evil
Has it really been fifteen years since the S.T.A.R.S. team took their first steps inside of a zombie-filled mansion on the outskirts of Raccoon City? This 15th Anniversary video celebrates the past decade and a half of Resident Evil, while giving us a taste of what’s still to come. Man, those original games haven’t aged…
By Mike Fahey Published April 5, 2011 -
Skulls of the Shogun Is The Wu-Tang Advance Wars We Didn’t Know We Needed
It helps if you can hear the soundtrack. It helps if you loved Advance Wars. It might even help if you liked listening to the Wu-Tang Clan or watched Kill Bill a decade ago and developed a love for an old martial arts movie like Shogun Assassin. These things will help, but if you don’t…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 5, 2011 -
Brink‘s Special Abilities Make Your Character Even More Special
Now that we’ve gotten to know Brink’s Medic, Soldier, Engineer, and Operative, let’s take a look the special abilities each class can unlock as they progress to make the game feel even more like Team Fortress 2. Brink is a team-based first-person shooter with a slightly exaggerated cartoony vibe and class-based multiplayer progression, so the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 5, 2011 -
Gamer Problems: Being Stalked By Children
In today’s very special episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Hongo deals with an issue that every gamer faces at some point: Children think we’re pretty damn awesome. I have no problem with most little kids. My cousin’s cousin asked me for my PSN ID because he wanted to add me as a friend on…
By Mike Fahey Published April 5, 2011 -
UK Tabloid Reporting 3DS Backlash; Is Reality Next?
Squawker rag The Sun says a “refund row” is hitting the UK around Nintendo’s 3DS, with “record return levels were reported after thousands suffered headaches and dizziness.” Nintendo says returns “in single figures per retailer.” [The Sun]
By Joel Johnson Published April 5, 2011 -
It’s Not A Green Lantern Party Until The Giant Fist Shows Up
Give a man one of the most powerful weapons in the known universe, and he’ll create a giant version of his own hand. These latest screens for Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters summarize mankind’s contributions to the war on interstellar crime. Slated for release a week before the live action Green Lantern flick, Double…
By Mike Fahey Published April 5, 2011 -
Why Don’t I Lose Myself In Games Anymore?
You know when you’re going to finish a video game. It pushes its ethereal fist into your chest and seizes hold of your heart in a way you can almost feel-like being grabbed by the throat, a tightness in your chest that sets every nerve humming to the tune of the experience. That feeling gives…
Leigh Alexander Published April 5, 2011 -
Charlie Sheen Jokes Fill The Next Pocket God Update
The next update to the popular iPhone and iPad app Pocket God introduces a pygmy named Charlie who keeps talking about Tiger Blood. Witness the speed of a pop culture meme breaching an app used by millions. Pocket God’s creators at Bolt Interactive call the 38th episodic update to their app: Two and a Half…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 5, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Look closely and you’ll find the video game twist in today’s Talk Amongst Yourselves image. See it, and chat here about video games. Thanks to Mythos for today’s art. Submit your image to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
By Stephen Totilo Published April 5, 2011 -
Another Mass Effect Novel Enters Earth Orbit This Fall
“MASS EFFECT: DECEPTION will be written by author William C. Dietz and will release in Fall 2011,” says publisher Del Ray, continuing the story of the previous three novels, Revelation, Ascension, and Retribution
By Joel Johnson Published April 5, 2011